Question

"If you get out your cell phone ONE MORE TIME while I'm talking," Mrs. Gradgrind howled, "I will personally flush it down the toilet!" What narrative technique is used to characterize the English teacher in this sentence?

A) description

B) dialogue

C) pacing

D) reflection

Answer 1

b. dialogue

The narrative technique used to characterize the English teacher presented in the sentence is dialogue. Narrative techniques are very important in presenting a story because it helps the reader in imbibing the real meaning and essence of the story. It also helps the writer in presenting the story effectively using the appropriate level of emotions necessary. There are different types of narrative techniques based on the concept of setting, plot, theme, style, characters and perspectives. These elements are to be considered in choosing an effective way of presenting a story.

Answer 2

It is a dialogue (B).

Although the author presents the speech of only one of the interlocutors, the English teacher, it is perceptible that there is a passive interlocutor, the student. The dialogue gives the reader the perception of the present moment in the scene. Thus, new information can be inserted, in a more intense emotional level, reaching greater depth in the hostory. This is what happens in this passage. The teacher talks in an appealing tone with the student. Another way of analyzing the dialogue is through punctuation. The words spoken by the character are accompanied by quotation marks or dashes.